Oh man. My family had a set of Monopoly rules known as ‘cutthroat’ to all our friends and neighbors. They were designed to speed the game along while creating as much capitalistic chaos as possible. Side agreements, immunity agreements, rent to own, pawn. We used all the tools in capitalism’s arsenal to crush the weak. Incidentally, the speed and chaos also made it easy to steal money from ‘the pot’ and others piles.

It does bring out the worst in people. (or best depending on how you look at it) When my wife was just a friend, she learned this the hard way. There has never been a single board game in our house. She says my family and I cheat too much.